The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-21
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Goldsboro is to have furniture
factory.
Amber in small quantities has been
found in Duplin county.
The bonded debt of the city of
Wilmington is s569,7O0.
Durham is to have an Ice factory.
There are already six in the State
A railway track will be laid across
Bogue beach to the ocean surf at
Morehead.
A new summer resort is to be estab-
lished at Carolina Beach, fifteen miles
from Wilmington.
Il is understood that ex-Congress-
man Reid is in Toronto, and in veft
Strengthened circumstances.
In May a Methods, church will be
dedicated in Raleigh 1t will bc the
largest church in the State.
Durham has voted in favor Of
graded schools. 565 votes cast and
only 152 against the measure
Foliated gypsum has been found in
Bladen county, but is not fine enough
to make plaster of paris. II is good
fertilizer.
The cold snap even interferred with
fishing on the sound. Since the mild
weather set in the catch has been very
satisfactory.
The Syndicate which recently pur-
chased the we'll known Burton Springs
have changed their name to the
, Lincolnton Lythia Springs.
Preparations are in progress for the
annual May cattle show at Raleigh.
Its scope is to be somewhat enlarged
and it is certain to be the best of the
three SO far held
The upper portion of our county is
reported to be in fourishing condi-
, ton. The mines, several of them in
r full operation, give employment to all
who want work.-Troy Vidette.
, J. H. Perki ins, a well known citizen
e of Wayne county, one day recently
: was found with a bullet in his brain.
: Whether he is case of suicide or
3 murder has not been determined.
! A meteoric stone weighing fifteen
. pounds is reported to have fallen very
= near the house of w II. jenkins, near
! Franklinton. It barely missed the
- house and caused considerable alarm.
e State Engineer w. g. Lewis has
S gone to the eastern counties to look into
n the matter of Improvements of the
: public lards there. Extensive work
e is soon to begin on the great scheme Of
: public improvements inaugurated by
r the late Legislature.
IS The Laurinburg Exchange says
u Judge Clark sentenced man by the
name of Walters last week al White
- vile, n. c., to 80 days imprisonment
in the county Jail and Il line of 81 600
. for cursing and abusing Mrs. Wash
- ington Powell at her house in the
u absence OF her husband.
The Ashebor9 C3y ior describes EoH
). powerful force u revenue men made
q descent on 4 distillery in that couu-
h ty, making a complete capture OF 'he
:. place, operatives and all their sub
+o stance. 1t was II grand victory, OF
~ would have been had it not turned out
,e to be a sassafras OIL distillery.
e The law passed by the Legislature
al in regard to the promotion OF oyster
E. culture is thus early beginning to bear
n fruit. and oyster farms Will be estab-
P lishcd in numbers. The attention ot
i northern men is already attracted to
MS our coast, and many enquiries as TO
n the law ale made, and the various
a sounds, &c, are being inspected.
! u Gen. Joseph f. Johnston has written
y ~ a letter in which he signifies his IN
tention Of being at .Smithfeld Oh the
occasion of the uDveiling Of the Con
:, federate monument on the l0tI o1
May. However he viii not deliver the
address, as his business engagements
Nv are such as do not allow him sufficient
ry time to prepare suitable address fol
pc the occasion. Senator Vance has been
ID. invited, and will doubtless deliver the
he address.
u u The North Carolina Medical Society
W. held its thirty fourth annual session
ss s.e. at Charlotte On Wednesday, 18Th inst
?r ,;l Mr.. Mcdowell, of Charlotte, delivered
m ~, an address ol 9eicoMe, which was re
sponded to by Dr. j. T. u Iia5tin
DR.. II. T. Bahnson, Of Salem, wa'
President of the Convention and de
livered the annual address. An ad
dress by DR.. Littlejon on "Obstetric'
OF and Gymnaecology'' was highly com
ad mended A discussion on these sub
es- jects followed, which was interesting
Or and intelligent. DR.. Julian J. CHS
ne holm, of Baltimore; DR.. Tiffany, o
Baltimore: DIR. Cullen, of Richmond